"We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything."
- 2 Corinthians 6:8b-10
Society, culture, the world: whatever you want to call the collective of non-Christianity, it has a certain understanding of how things work. It sees things a certain way, establishes values a certain way, promotes success a certain way and judges you a certain way.
Jesus' call to follow him was a call away from all of these things.
It was a call to embrace the creator of the world.
It was a call to reject the values, successes and views of the world.
It was a call to life.
It was a call to death.
It was a call to exist in paradox.
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- George
- Cincinnati
- I'm a child of God, following the crazy path that's been laid out for me: engineer, student, coach, preacher, specialist, shepherd, husband, friend - transplanted from the NEPA life I know to the midwest, anxiously awaiting whatever comes next and fighting until that day arrives.
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